My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor
Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore the way he does. With his waist-length dreadlocks and snarling vocals, Morris is known the world over for his take-no-prisoners approach on the stage and his integrity off of it. Over the course of his forty-year career with Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and OFF!, he's battled diabetes, drug and alcohol addiction, and the record industry . . . and he's still going strong.

My Damage is more than a book about the highs and lows of a punk rock legend. It's a story from the perspective of someone who has shared the stage with just about every major figure in the music industry and has appeared in cult films like The Decline of Western Civilization and Repo Man. A true Hollywood tale from an L.A. native, My Damage reveals the story of Morris's streets, his scene, and his music-as only he can tell it.
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My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor
Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore the way he does. With his waist-length dreadlocks and snarling vocals, Morris is known the world over for his take-no-prisoners approach on the stage and his integrity off of it. Over the course of his forty-year career with Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and OFF!, he's battled diabetes, drug and alcohol addiction, and the record industry . . . and he's still going strong.

My Damage is more than a book about the highs and lows of a punk rock legend. It's a story from the perspective of someone who has shared the stage with just about every major figure in the music industry and has appeared in cult films like The Decline of Western Civilization and Repo Man. A true Hollywood tale from an L.A. native, My Damage reveals the story of Morris's streets, his scene, and his music-as only he can tell it.
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My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

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My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

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Overview

Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore the way he does. With his waist-length dreadlocks and snarling vocals, Morris is known the world over for his take-no-prisoners approach on the stage and his integrity off of it. Over the course of his forty-year career with Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and OFF!, he's battled diabetes, drug and alcohol addiction, and the record industry . . . and he's still going strong.

My Damage is more than a book about the highs and lows of a punk rock legend. It's a story from the perspective of someone who has shared the stage with just about every major figure in the music industry and has appeared in cult films like The Decline of Western Civilization and Repo Man. A true Hollywood tale from an L.A. native, My Damage reveals the story of Morris's streets, his scene, and his music-as only he can tell it.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780306825804
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 09/05/2017
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 503,970
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Keith Morris is a cofounding member of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks. He has recorded over fifteen albums, appeared on countless albums and compilations, and has a half-dozen film credits to his name.

Jim Ruland has been writing for punk rock zines like Flipside since the early '90s and has written for every issue of Razorcake, America's only non-profit independent music fanzine.

Table of Contents

Crash 1

Thug 3

Hermosa Beach 8

Bait 15

Wasted 20

Black Seeds 25

Panic 31

Chuck the Duke 36

The Church 39

They Kept Playing 43

Moose Lodge 49

Nervous Breakthrough 56

Ground Zero 63

Brain Fry 67

Polliwog Park 73

LAPD 77

Not Having Fun 82

What's Next? 88

Inglegood 91

It's a Small World After All 98

The Pink House 105

Gin Ling Way 108

TDOWC 113

New York Calling 118

Wild in the Streets 124

World Up My Ass 130

Golden Shower of Hits 136

I Can't Believe I Used to Like These Guys 141

You Don't Belong Here 146

Bud Club 154

Ultra Megadeath 158

Not So Wonderful 162

It's the Monster… 167

Last Straw 174

V 181

Hangmen 186

The Nymph 191

Screwed 196

Bug Lamp 202

Zapped 208

A Wandering Jew 214

The Last Jerk Off 219

Devil's Mess 226

Down 231

Midget Handjob 235

V2 241

Heart of Darkness 246

Blackout 253

Oslo Coma Situation 259

OFF! 271

Happy Ending 277

Acknowledgments 285

About the Authors 289

Index 291

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